[Patient Blood Management: Preoperative Anemia and Case Reports from the Anemia Walk-In Clinic].

Abstract

Preoperative anemia is independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality and represents the strongest predictor for transfusion of red blood cells. Iron deficiency anemia is the most frequent form of anemia and could easily be treated by supplementation with iron. Patient Blood Management (PBM) focusses on prevention and management of anemia to optimize the patient and reduce unnecessary allogeneic blood products.

• Authors: Sabine Westphal, Sabine Isik, Suma Choorapoikayil, Christoph Füllenbach, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm
• Journal: Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS (Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther) Vol. 54 Issue 3 Pg. 182-193 (Mar 2019) ISSN: 1439-1074 [Electronic] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Patient Blood Management: präoperative Anämie und Fälle aus der Anämieambulanz.
• PMID: 30866022 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

Topics

• Anemia
• Blood Transfusion
• Erythrocyte Transfusion
• Humans